{"product_id":"good-taste-a-novel-in-search-of-great-food","title":"Good Taste: A Novel in Search of Great Food","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eGood Taste: A Novel in Search of Great Food\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eCaroline Scott\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780063325814\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eWilliam Morrow Paperbacks\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2023\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e432\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Buttery passages are slathered with food imagery, and Scott conjures markets, pantries, and laden tables you won't want to leave. A sweet treat of a book.\" -- \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith delectable prose, a sharp heroine ahead of her time, and an adventure across the English countryside in search of great food, \u003cem\u003eGood Taste\u003c\/em\u003e is the perfect historical novel for fans of \u003cem\u003eDear Mrs. Bird \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou can tell a lot about a person from what they like to eat...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEngland in 1932 is in the grip of the Great Depression. Stella Douglas, author of a much-loved but not very successful biography, is a bit depressed herself. When she's summoned to see her editor in London, she expects her writing career is over before it's even started.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut much to her surprise, she is being commissioned to write a history of English food. It's to be quintessentially English and intended to lift the sprits of the nation. There's just one problem: a lot of English food is actually quite terrible (and anything good is usually imported from elsewhere). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo Stella travels across England in hopes of discovering a hidden culinary gem. What she discovers is oatcakes and gravy and lots and lots of potatoes. But when her car breaks down midjourney and the dashing and charismatic antiques dealer Freddie springs to her rescue, she is led in a very different direction . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull of wit, life, and--against all odds--delicious food, \u003cem\u003eGood Taste \u003c\/em\u003eis a story of discovery and one woman's desire to make her own way as a modern woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLively, poignant, witty and beautifully written, and all driven by a wonderful character in Stella Douglas, I couldn't stop turning the pages.\" -- Hazel Gaynor, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Last Lifeboat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Good Taste: A Novel in Search of Great Food | Caroline Scott | Paperback | 9780063325814 | Used: Like New | Fiction 1741459 (temp: 17)","offer_id":48168909013144,"sku":"1741459","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/91PVbJkTEDL.jpg?v=1771981645","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/good-taste-a-novel-in-search-of-great-food","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}